Long Win Bus
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| Parent | Transport International Holdings |
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| Founded | 1996 |
| Service type | Bus services |
| Alliance | Kowloon Motor Bus |
| Routes | 19 (December 2013) |
| Fleet | 186 (October 2015) |
| Annual ridership | 33.2 million (2013) |
| Website | www.lwb.hk |
Long Win Bus (Chinese: 龍運巴士) is a bus company operating franchised services in Hong Kong. It was established in 1996 to provide bus service between Hong Kong International Airport, North Lantau New Town and New Territories. It is a subsidiary of Transport International Holdings. It is under the same senior management as Kowloon Motor Bus.
Long Win Bus was established in 1996 to operate peak-hour services after the opening of the Tsing Ma Bridge.
The first route operated by Long Win Bus was route E31 (Tung Chung to Tsuen Wan Pier when newly introduced), served by Volvo Olympians. But later on, Volvo Olympians have been retired from the bus fleet, and were transferred to its parent company, Kowloon Motor Bus.
It is a rival to the Cityflyer service provided by Citybus. It operates Airbus routes to the Airport. Long Win Bus also operates Disneyland routes.
In 2002, there were an average of 56,000 passengers per day. The company's franchise was extended from June 2003 to May 2013. It has been extended again until May 2023.
As of December 2013, Long Win Bus operated 19 routes with a fleet of 172 double-decker buses.
Long Win Bus has only one Duple Metsec bodied Dennis Trident 3 which serves the route A41P, along with other Dennis Tridents. It was the only Long Wins bus with an exterior electronic destination display until the advent of the TransBus Enviro500s.
Although this is rare, Long Win's buses also serve some KMB routes during times of bus shortages. Once a Long Win Dennis Trident catered Kowloon Motor Bus' route 960 for a day. Some of the Long Win's buses also have been used for serve KMB routes includes 271 and 1A during 1997-1998, where the buses are ready in service while Chek Lap Kok airport is not opened yet.
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